22 Apr 2025
I would not have given any stars if not for the guide, Susanna, at Caves Santa Marta de Penaguião. Her 30 mins tour at the winery was the highlight of our 10 hour day with CM tour. Raquel, our “CM tour guide” did the minimal on our 2-hour bus ride in. We waited 40 mins for our 1-hour boat RIDE with NO guide. Back on the bus for another 30 mins before we arrived at the first winery for our very first washroom break since 8:30am, with no prior warnings whatsoever!!! Lunch was not ordered till 2:10pm. We didn’t get to eat till close to 2:30pm. After our second wine tasting, we were rushed back on our silent bus ride back to Porto. Not much of a guided tour, I would say. Very poor planning and time management indeed.